Andrey Rublev tops Alex Molcan 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Banja Luka on Saturday. Rublev will clash against Dusan Lajovic in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes.
Andrey added to his prize money € 20,585 after conquering this match. He has already won € 49,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, Andrey will add € 35,665 to his earnings to get in total € 85,605 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Alex Molcan Srpska Open – Banja Luka
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:29
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 74 points vs. Molcan’s 54.
Rublev
Andrey served extremely well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (14/27) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Molcan
On the other side, the Slovakian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Molcan is 1-0 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Dusan Lajovic – stats
Rublev will play Lajovic in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Dusan Lajovic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Andrey in this set didn’t concede much to the Slovakian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Molcan in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Rublev won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
Rublev was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Alex was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Andrey won 8 more points than the Slovakian (33-25). Andrey conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the court, Molcan conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Rublev won the set after he broke Alex 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Molcan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Rublev kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
The Russian won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 1-1 to .
Andrey converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Molcan converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 70 points. Andrey won 12 more points than Molcan (41-29). The Russian dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Molcan conceded 24 points on serve (18-24).
Tennis Scores in Banja Luka
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – H2H details and stats
